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#1MilliForJadudi: A Crowdfunding Campaign in Kenya to help Cancer Patient

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2010, I had an opportunity to do a Networked Nonprofit workshop in Kenya. The #1MilliForJadudi campaign was launched on August 4 th , 2015, with the goal to mobilize Kenyans to raise 1 million Kenya Shillings (approx USD 10,000) to help finance Jadudi’s fourth surgery in India. We did a little coaching.

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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

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Susan Tenby , a pioneeress in nonprofits exploring the metaverse through Second Life, can be listened to in this 2010 webinar by TechSoup explaining the concept of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. In the future, AR could expand to holograms of ourselves doing everything from going on safari in Kenya to attending a conference.

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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power

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He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and in February 2010, he was invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama in launching, "Let's Move!" - her signature leadership program to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in America.

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Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing the World One Map at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In early 2008, villages and cities across Kenya were ravaged with violence following the disputed re-election of the sitting Kenyan president. Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the tsumani in Japan in 2011, the Ushahidi platform was used to organize emergency responses in real-time.

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Halle Butvin, One Mango Tree, A Fair Trade Clothing Company

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She spent much of 2010 in Pakistan assisting women-owned garment businesses to develop their products and export potential. Connect with Kenya through CD Baby and Source Consulting Group. At the moment, their work is focused in Uganda. You can listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes , or on the player above.

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How to Turn Video Views Into Life-Saving Dollars

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Note from Beth: On my way to Kenya for the Ushahidi Board meeting , so enjoy this post by Manny Hernandez. In 2010, we wanted to let people know about the Big Blue Test through a video that we’d hope would go viral. Note from Beth: On my way to Kenya for the Ushahidi Board meeting, so enjoy this post by Manny Hernandez.

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How to Organize Have Fun Do Good Flash Mobs with Gabriela Masala, a Big Vision Podcast Interview

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She's also the wife of Kenya Masala , whose song, "Mango Delight," I use for the Big Vision Podcast's intro and outro. The One Love Alliance creates visionary arts community flash mob events that are both transformative and entertaining, and that are fueled by the values of unity, playfulness, creativity and love.

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